ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Awareness and Communication: Surveys of ICU Providers and Patients
Authors' conclusion
Our results show that awareness of PICS is inconsistent among providers and low among patients.
Study context
- Population
- ICU health care providers (9 US institutions) and ICU survivors of the preceding year (single site)convenience sample
- Participants
- 382 vs 148
- Exposure
- ICU providers vs ICU survivors: Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) awareness and communication
- Providersn = 382
- Patientsn = 148
- Outcome
- How often ICU providers discuss PICS with at-risk patients or families, and how often patients remember being told about PICS
Methodological detailsonline surveys, convenience sample, multicentre (providers, 9 US institutions), single-site (patients)
- Online surveys
- Convenience sample
- Multicentre (providers, 9 US institutions)
- Single-site (patients)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Awareness of the term post-intensive care syndrome
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Discussion of possible new or worsening impairments after critical illness
- Discussion of possible new or worsening impairments after critical illness: providers: discuss at least one-half of the time; patients: remembered such conversations
Provider roles
- Registered nurses
- 53.7%
- Physician fellows or attending physicians
- 33%
- Advanced practice providers
- 13.4%
Patient ICU type
- Surgical ICU
- 41.1%
- Cardiovascular ICU
- 41.1%
- Medical ICU
- 14.4%
Original publication
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Awareness and Communication: Surveys of ICU Providers and Patients. Chest. Published 10 October 2025. doi:10.
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